District Councils Network responds to Comprehensive Spending Review Responding to the Chancellor's Comprehensive Spending Review, Cllr John Fuller OBE,...
District Councils Network responds to Comprehensive Spending Review
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DCN Updates
DCN responds to the Department for Transport’s consultation on pavement parking
DCN responds to the Department for Transport's consultation on pavement parking The DCN would welcome moves to allow local authorities with civil parking...
Leisure centres to go under without further rescue funding in Spending Review – districts warn
Leisure centres to go under without further rescue funding in Spending Review – districts warn 21st November 2020 Leisure centres closed again due to...
Case Study Report: How districts have continued to deliver during Covid-19
Case Study Report: How districts have continued to deliver during Covid-19 This brief report outlines some of the many innovative approaches districts...
Business rates review (tranche two), DCN response
Business rates review (tranche two), DCN response Districts are already seeing the impact of Covid-19 on business rates collection, and expect this to be...
Planning for the Future, the DCN Response
Planning for the Future, the DCN Response The DCN welcomes the opportunity to respond to the Planning for the Future White Paper consultation. We wish to work...
SIZE DOESN’T MATTER: The arguments for place-based devolution
Size Doesn't Matter: The arguments for place-based devolution A report by ResPublica for the District Councils’ Network and Unitary Councils’ Network ...
District councils respond to allocation of the £1bn funding for councils this winter
District councils respond to allocation of the £1bn funding for councils this winter Responding to the confirmation of how the £1 billion of support for...
District councils respond to Comprehensive Spending Review announcement
District councils respond to Comprehensive Spending Review announcement Responding to the Chancellor’s announcement that a one-year Comprehensive Spending...
SUPERSIZE COUNCILS WOULD WIPE ‘LOCAL’ GOVERNMENT OFF THE MAP – WARNS NEW REPORT
SUPERSIZE COUNCILS WOULD WIPE ‘LOCAL’ GOVERNMENT OFF THE MAP – WARNS NEW REPORT Moves to create supersize councils would be “the greatest act of municipal...
Bigger is not better: the evidenced case for keeping ‘local’ government
Bigger is not better: the evidenced case for keeping ‘local’ government Given the scale of the challenge ahead of us, the acute need for effective and...
DISTRICT COUNCILS RESPOND TO CORONAVIRUS ENFORCEMENT ANNOUNCEMENT
DISTRICT COUNCILS RESPOND TO CORONAVIRUS ENFORCEMENT ANNOUNCEMENT Responding to the announcement of £30m for councils to support enforcement and compliance...